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-rw-r--r--connect.c31
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 3d5c4ab75..a6d7b1375 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -468,21 +468,22 @@ char *get_port(char *host)
}
/*
- * This returns 0 if the transport protocol does not need fork(2),
- * or a process id if it does. Once done, finish the connection
+ * This returns NULL if the transport protocol does not need fork(2), or a
+ * struct child_process object if it does. Once done, finish the connection
* with finish_connect() with the value returned from this function
- * (it is safe to call finish_connect() with 0 to support the former
+ * (it is safe to call finish_connect() with NULL to support the former
* case).
*
- * Does not return a negative value on error; it just dies.
+ * If it returns, the connect is successful; it just dies on errors.
*/
-pid_t git_connect(int fd[2], char *url, const char *prog, int flags)
+struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], char *url,
+ const char *prog, int flags)
{
char *host, *path = url;
char *end;
int c;
int pipefd[2][2];
- pid_t pid;
+ struct child_process *conn;
enum protocol protocol = PROTO_LOCAL;
int free_path = 0;
char *port = NULL;
@@ -568,15 +569,16 @@ pid_t git_connect(int fd[2], char *url, const char *prog, int flags)
free(target_host);
if (free_path)
free(path);
- return 0;
+ return NULL;
}
if (pipe(pipefd[0]) < 0 || pipe(pipefd[1]) < 0)
die("unable to create pipe pair for communication");
- pid = fork();
- if (pid < 0)
+ conn = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*conn));
+ conn->pid = fork();
+ if (conn->pid < 0)
die("unable to fork");
- if (!pid) {
+ if (!conn->pid) {
struct strbuf cmd;
strbuf_init(&cmd, MAX_CMD_LEN);
@@ -625,17 +627,18 @@ pid_t git_connect(int fd[2], char *url, const char *prog, int flags)
close(pipefd[1][0]);
if (free_path)
free(path);
- return pid;
+ return conn;
}
-int finish_connect(pid_t pid)
+int finish_connect(struct child_process *conn)
{
- if (pid == 0)
+ if (!conn)
return 0;
- while (waitpid(pid, NULL, 0) < 0) {
+ while (waitpid(conn->pid, NULL, 0) < 0) {
if (errno != EINTR)
return -1;
}
+ free(conn);
return 0;
}